Robert Leffler

Robert Leffler (born January 9, 1866 in Aschersleben , † March 15, 1940 in Berlin ) was a German opera singer (bass), actor and director .

Life

Leffler was trained as a singer in Berlin. He began his career in 1889 as a singer and actor at the Stadttheater in Basel, where he stayed until 1891.

Initially, Leffler performed primarily as a singer in the bass range at various opera houses such as Nuremberg , Meiningen , Lübeck , Riga , Moscow and Düsseldorf , where he was senior stage director and opera director at the Stadttheater for 17 years .

From 1919 to 1936 he starred in 54 films, including the first silent film adaptation of Buddenbrooks or together with Hans Albers in several silent films. He also directed 15 films himself.

His older brother Hermann (1864–1929) was also an actor. His brother's wife, his sister-in-law, was the opera singer Martha Leffler-Burkhard (1865–1954).

Filmography

• 1916: Kisses That Kill (Director)
• 1918: Richard Wagner's baton (director)
• 1918: The Courage to Sin (Director)
• 1918: The Man in the Moon (Director)
• 1918: Life for Life (Director)
• 1918: Miss Kadett (director)
• 1918: The Monk's Confession (Director)
• 1919: When Life Calls (Director)
• 1919: The Suicide (Director)
• 1919: The Secret of the Old Chest (Director)
• 1919: Karlchen, the maid (director)
• 1919: Karlchen, the happy heir (director)
• 1919: In the Shadow of Happiness (Director, Actor)
• 1920: The demon of Kolno (actor)
• 1920: Flitter-Dörtje (director)
• 1920: Criminal Police, Murder Department (Actor)
• 1920: The Night of Horrors at Drachenegg Castle (Director)
• 1920: The Mortal Enemy (Actor)
• 1921: The Asphalt Rose (Actor)
• 1921: Fear of Woman (Actor)
• 1921: The Secret of Santa Maria (Actor)
• 1921: The Story of the Gray House - Episode 1: The Murder of Despised Love (Actor)
• 1921: Vogelöd Castle (actor)
• 1922: The Burning Field (Actor)
• 1922: The Devil's Elixirs (Actor)
• 1922: The Man of Steel (Actor)
• 1922: Dying Peoples - Part 1: Heimat in Not (actor)
• 1922: Dying Peoples - Part 2: Burning Sea (Actor)
• 1922: The Dance of Death (Actor)
• 1923: Friedrich Schiller (actor)
• 1923: The Expulsion (Actor)
• 1923: Buddenbrooks (actor)
• 1923: Wilhelm Tell
• 1923: The Secret of Brinkenhof (Actor)
• 1923: Quarantine (Actor)
• 1924: By order of the Pompadour (actor)
• 1924: Barfüßele (actor)
• 1924: comedians (actors)
• 1924: Comedy of the Heart (actor)
• 1925: Götz von Berlichingen named with the iron hand (actor)
• 1925: The Princess and the Violinist (Actor)
• 1925: Bismarck, 1st part (actor)
• 1926: On the beautiful blue Danube (actor)
• 1926: Bismarck 1862–1898 (Bismarck actor)
• 1926: Derby (actor)
• 1926: The Good Reputation (Actor)
• 1926: The Wiskottens (Actor)
• 1926: Just a Dancer (Actor)
• 1926: Faschingszauber (actor)
• 1927: Her Last Adventure (Actor)
• 1927: The Harbor Bride (Actor)
• 1927: The Golden Abyss (Actor)
• 1927: Petronella (actor)
• 1927: The World Without Arms (Actor)
• 1929: Mother's Love (Actor)
• 1929: Roses bloom on the heather grave
• 1929: Girl on the Cross (actor)
• 1930: The Song of Songs (Actor)
• 1931: Elisabeth of Austria (actor)

Web links

• Robert Leffler at Operissimo  on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
• Robert Leffler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Robert Leffler at The German Early Cinema Database
• Robert Leffler at filmportal.de